Comparison between self-administered depression questionnaires and patients' own views of changes in their mood: a prospective cohort study in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-administered questionnaires are widely used in primary care and other clinical settings to assess the severity of depressive symptoms and monitor treatment outcomes. Qualitative studies have found that changes in questionnaire scores might not fully capture patients' experience of changes in their mood but there are no quantitative studies of this issue. We examined the extent to which changes in scores from depression questionnaires disagreed with primary care patients' perceptions of changes in their mood and investigated factors influencing this relationship.

Methods

Prospective cohort study assessing patients on four occasions, 2 weeks apart. Patients (N = 554) were recruited from primary care surgeries in three UK sites (Bristol, Liverpool and York) and

SUBMITTER: Hobbs C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8108392 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature